article "The influence of summary writing on the development of reading skills in a foreign language"

Ayu Rina Dwii Utari
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"The influence of summary writing on the development of reading skills in a foreign language"

The study investigates the influence of summary writing in an FL on the development of students' EFL reading skills. Eighty university students participated in a six-month long quasi-experimental study. They were divided into an experimental and a control group. The study showed a statistically significant difference in the reading skills of the two groups suggesting that summarising has a positive influence on reading development. Summary writing was shown to be highly beneficial for weaker readers. The results of the study might assist in the search for effective techniques for developing text comprehension in the FL classroom.